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The Final Pass

I commented during the game that he had a panicked look before the time out. I was hoping that they would get him settled down. Obviously didn’t take.
 
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He missed the read and made poor throw on top. Played well enough to get us in position to win but will regret that decision.
 
PIPO said:
He did but if Carson had the arm, the play was there.

Of course, why call that play if he doesn’t have the arm and why make that throw if you don’t have the arm.

Good play if he’s 15 yards closer. The coach needed to stick to what was working. There was no need to panic and go for that play there.
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Cause he still thinks he has the arm. The UCL injury took away a lot of arm strength and he is in denial.
 
Canesfan1899 said:
He missed the read and made poor throw on top. Played well enough to get us in position to win but will regret that decision.
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PIPO said:
It’s an NFL window and throw and he obviously can’t make that throw. Just being honest.

I don’t know if prior to the injury he could make that throw. I didn’t pay much attention to Carson at UGA but he hasn’t been hitting many deep throws this year out in the boundaries.

Someone with access to stats can look it up but I would guess he’s hitting on 15% or less on those types of throws.
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I've been saying this to people almost verbatim. I never paid much attention to him at UGA, but it's looked to me most of the year he hasn't trusted his arm to just let it fly on deep throws. I kept coming back to "maybe that's the final hump for a QB to get over after the elbow surgery".

But then it hit me like a ton of bricks last night - he let it loose against ND to Toney deep, a great throw. Then, against FSU, flea flicker he REALLY let it loose and made a PERFECT deep throw to Toney for the TD.

I think it became mental for him. After Louisville, he looked shell shocked.

I see a kid that can process his reads and knows what he is seeing out there. Can't say that for many. I also see a kid with good touch, especially throws 10-15 yards down field (he had a great touch throw to Daniels last night).

At times he shows a great fastball on throws under 20 yards (inside the hashes), ie. the Marion dig route late against Ole Miss. But after Louisville, even on deep balls he hit, he almost always was late and underthrowing. He sees it, but it takes him an extra beat because something inside is saying "don't do it". He knows what he is seeing but doesn't trust himself over 20 yards.

He grew a lot this year. I think he won over his teammates and while he might struggle with body language at times, I think he cares. He put his body on the line more than once in the playoffs. I hope he can shake the cobwebs and get back to trusting his arm on throws 30+ yards down field. The talent is there to have a career in the NFL. I'll be rooting for him.
 
He needed to put that ball in the back of the end zone if wanted to make that throw. Not lollypop it short
 
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NateDogg said:
I've been saying this to people almost verbatim. I never paid much attention to him at UGA, but it's looked to me most of the year he hasn't trusted his arm to just let it fly on deep throws. I kept coming back to "maybe that's the final hump for a QB to get over after the elbow surgery".

But then it hit me like a ton of bricks last night - he let it loose against ND to Toney deep, a great throw. Then, against FSU, flea flicker he REALLY let it loose and made a PERFECT deep throw to Toney for the TD.

I think it became mental for him. After Louisville, he looked shell shocked.

I see a kid that can process his reads and knows what he is seeing out there. Can't say that for many. I also see a kid with good touch, especially throws 10-15 yards down field (he had a great touch throw to Daniels last night).

At times he shows a great fastball on throws under 20 yards (inside the hashes), ie. the Marion dig route late against Ole Miss. But after Louisville, even on deep balls he hit, he almost always was late and underthrowing. He sees it, but it takes him an extra beat because something inside is saying "don't do it". He knows what he is seeing but doesn't trust himself over 20 yards.

He grew a lot this year. I think he won over his teammates and while he might struggle with body language at times, I think he cares. He put his body on the line more than once in the playoffs. I hope he can shake the cobwebs and get back to trusting his arm on throws 30+ yards down field. The talent is there to have a career in the NFL. I'll be rooting for him.
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Hope he does well. Don't want him on my NFL team's roster.
 
Canesfan1899 said:
He missed the read and made poor throw on top. Played well enough to get us in position to win but will regret that decision.
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Sadly, a few of our key players had missteps that were costly. Bain jumped off sides on 3rd and long and we got a stop. They end up scoring on that drive. Fletcher missed a block he’s made 100 times that created a sack. Toney fielding that punt.
 
jackedaround said:
He made a mistake. One mistake. We made more than 1 mistake in the game. We made tons of them. Despite it all we had a shot. We could have run a delayed handoff as well. We had time.
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This with the running game.

We did it similar vs. FSU 2017 on that last drive.
 
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TheOriginalCane said:
Look, Keelan can be down about it. It's true, he didn't seem to realize the ball was coming his way.

But I've since watched that play numerous times. Keelan destroyed Sharpe on the route, and when Sharpe recovered, he was INSIDE of Keelan. Then you had a safety sprinting towards Keelan from the middle of the field.

ALL CARSON HAD TO DO WAS THROW THE BALL TO THE PYLON. The possibilities are that Keelan sees it, and makes the catch...or the ball falls incomplete. But you can see from Keelan's route that he is gently veering to the outside. There is no way in **** that the safety makes the pick, nor does Sharpe make the pick, if the ball is just thrown higher and farther and more to the outside. With an incompletion, we are still in the game. With a touchdown, we win.

I'm not sure why Keelan, after beating Sharpe on the route, wasn't looking for the pass as soon as he got past Sharpe. Regardless, Carson threw a terrible pass given that coverage and Keelan's route.

Sad.


Why is the ball not thrown to the second circle? If Carson does that, the safety never gets to it before Keelan does, and Sharpe never undercuts for the pick.

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He was booking trying to get to a spot! It’s not like he loafed! Probably was not the first read either, and he saw the safety coming so he figured the in breaking route would be open. Too bad our QB didn’t see it. But yeah you’re right.. if the ball is where only our guy gets it, there’s no pick
 
TheShredder said:
Cause he still thinks he has the arm. The UCL injury took away a lot of arm strength and he is in denial.
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It seemed as if he had learned his limitations late in the season. Not sure what made him think he could make this throw in this moment. I wont blame him for the loss though. We lost this game on special teams. Special teams caused a ten point swing.
 
YankeesCane said:
No need to throw it

keep getting yards, get to the 25, take chances from there
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This is what I was thinking, like yeah the **** long throw to put us up is nice but wasnt there over 40 seconds left? So great we are up 1, Indiana ball, 40 seconds and I think they had one time out. Plenty of time to get in field goal range. I am not saying you take a 5 yard checkdown if a dude is standing by himself in the endzone but going for a hail mary when it wasnt completely open was silly.
 
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